Volvo Developing 1.5 Hour Three-Phase Fast Charger
6 Nov 2012, 08:38 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / While modern EVs don’t really have as many limitations as some conventional power advocates would lead you to believe, they do suffer from limited range and long recharge times. We’ve al...
Japan Gets World’s First Coin-Operated EV Charging Station
27 Aug 2012, 08:33 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / While we tend to shun what we feel is old and outdated (using coins to pay for stuff, instead of dedicated cards, or regular credit cards, for instance), it seems that the Japanese have a different ...
Robert Llewellyn Looks at Inductive Wireless EV Charging
21 Aug 2012, 14:01 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / Robert Llewellyn says that it is one of the most important technological breakthroughs and it will only improve the usability of EVs and make them more appealing to more people who will be able to u...
Wireless EV Charging on the Move!
30 Apr 2012, 08:51 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / The only real problems electric cars have nowadays are their (very) limited range and the bulk of their batteries denting performance and compromising driving dynamics. However, both these problems ...
JAF to Offer Roadside Assistance Charging for EVs
6 Jun 2011, 08:43 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As it is about to become the electric vehicle nation-capital of the world, Japan is increasing its efforts to make EVs happen, stick, and eventually replace internal combustion engines altogether. T...
GE Unveils Solar Carport in Connecticut
27 May 2011, 12:13 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Slowly, but with great leaps, the infrastructure needed to support the implementation of the electric vehicles is coming into place. Whereas in the early days of the industry the first to rush head ...
Coulomb and ECOtality, Biggest Players on the Market
18 May 2011, 09:36 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / It was only a matter of time until the silent fight between electric vehicle charging solution providers would have come into the spotlight. And now that Pike Research released the “Pulse Report: El...
EV Charging Stations to Be Offered at Shopping Malls
6 Apr 2011, 11:37 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Rather sooner than later, electric vehicles would have become a major presence on the world's roads. The US, from its position of leader in the automotive industry (both production-wise and, un...
Google HQ Gets Plugless Charging Station
21 Mar 2011, 15:56 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Once a trend setter itself, Internet giant Google can surely relate to the difficulties and challenges faced by the new electric vehicle segment of the market, complete with the companies that try t...
Prestige GreenCab Gets Charged by Epyon
18 Mar 2011, 09:10 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / One of the few charging solutions providers in Europe, Epyon, announced today it has signed a deal with Netherlands-based Prestige GreenCab that would see it provide the taxi operator with the neede...
OnStar Energy Management System Explained
21 Feb 2011, 06:38 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The arrival of the electric vehicle onto the market at the end of last year has left most of the unsuspecting consumers in the dark when it comes to the hows and whys of electric vehicle charging, e...
OnStar Presents Energy Management Solutions for EVs
2 Feb 2011, 06:16 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / In a world where just about everyone wants a piece of the action in the newly created electric vehicle sector, OnStar's involvement comes as no surprise, especially because mother company GM pl...
Free EV Charging Stations from DTE
13 Jan 2011, 07:08 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / No, there is no typo in the title you read above. No less than 2,500 electric vehicle charging stations for homes will be handed by DTE Energy, for free, to buyers of plug-in hybrid vehicles. DT...
AeroVironment to Build Private EV Charging Ecosystem
19 Nov 2010, 13:40 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Electric vehicle charging solutions provider AeroVironment managed to land an important contract in light of the battle ahead with rivals like Coulomb or ECOtality. The company will be building what...
Chevy Volt Home Charging Unit Priced at $490
6 Oct 2010, 14:28 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American manufacturer Chevrolet is slowly approaching the launch date for the Volt, a model which is supposed to mark both the carmaker's entrance in a brave new world and help it achieve those...
TXU to Charge Dallas and Fort Worth
24 Sep 2010, 09:59 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As the race to become one of the largest charging solutions providers continues, more and more companies are joining the battle, hoping that the advent of the electric vehicles will mean at the same...
Manufacturers Rally for EV Standards Adoption
16 Sep 2010, 10:26 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / With the advent of the electric vehicles hanging like a sword over the ICE engines, car manufacturers are beginning to join hands and ask for the adoption of standards to govern this brave new world...
Ford Tests EV Batteries Using Wireless Tech
21 Aug 2010, 06:53 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As one of the manufacturers who will release in the years to come a whole range of electric vehicles, Ford is currently hard at work testing the batteries which will go into those vehicles. In an at...
Wireless EV Charging Explained
9 Aug 2010, 18:08 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / With the first batches of electric vehicles just months away from hitting the market, all eyes turn to that part of the EV world called infrastructure. A sort of make it or brake it deal, the exist...
Plugless Power Wireless EV Charging Coming in 2011
6 Aug 2010, 07:03 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / As the world's first two electric vehicle rivals are getting ready to be launched onto the market, the main battle has moved from the two carmakers who produce them, Nissan and Chevrolet, to th...